The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-01
Housekeeper's Help.

Brown BETTY.-Lay in a pudding
dish, first, layer of finely SLICED apples, |
sugared to taste, and busted over with
powdered cinnamon; next, a layer of
coarsely-crumbled bread, buttered at
intervals. Alternate these layers until
the dish is full. Let the last layer con-
sist of apples cut in eighths. Pour on
sufficient water to moisten the whole.
Cover and set in the oven. When the
apples on top are tender, remove the
cover and cook until brown. Serve hot
without sauce.
FLAKY SODA BIscUIT.-Mix together
quart of very dry flour, a teaspoonful
of baking soda, two of cream of tartar,
and a saltspoonful of salt; pass through
a sieve, then chop in two ounces of
butter or lard, and mix quickly with
milk to make very soft dough. Flour
the board well, roll out. sprinkle
with flour, double it over and roll out
again; cut into biscuits half an inch
thick. Bake in very hot oven about
fifteen minutes.
JELLIED CHICK sN.-Boil a chicken
| till tender, take off skin, cut the meat
| into small pieces, taking out the bones;
skim all the grease off the liquor in a
pot; mix a tablespoon of corn starch
with a little water, rub smooth and let
it boil up good; season well with salt
and pepper. Boil eggs hard, peel and
slice, lining the bottom and sides of
crock with them, then pour into this
the prepared chicken, and set in cold
place to harden. Turn out when cold.
Sitting the -four and baking-powder
| together, as most recipes prescribe, is a
great mistake. Baking-powder should
never be added until everything else is
in the dish and the mass thoroughly
beaten. The reason will be appreciated
by every thoughtful person. The mo-
ment the milk or other liquid comes in
contact with the powder effervescence
begins, and by the time the dough is
ready for the oven it has entirely ceased
and the mass is likely to be as ''dull,
stale, and proftless" as glass of second
band saltwater. If all the other in
gradients are well beaten, the powder
added at the last moment, and the cake
put into the oven as hurriedly as posi-
bic, the process of effervescence will be
assisted by the heat and the dough will
rise in light, spongy mass. This is the
secret of the extra fine cake and biscuit
that many nou-professional house-keep-
ers boast of.
A Coop pAsTE.-Dissolve q teaspoon
full of alum in quart of water. When
cold stir in as much -four as will give ii
the consistency of thick cream, being
particular to beat up all the Jumps; stir
in as much powdered resin as viii lie on
!. a dime, and throw in half dozen
cloves to give it pleasant odor. Have
, on the fire teacup of boiling water
pour the -four mixture into it, stirring
well at the time. In very few minutes
it will be the consistency of mush; let il
cool lay on a cover; and put in a COO
place. When needed for use, take out
portion and soften it with warm
water. Paste thus made will last twelve
months. 1t is better than gum, as il
! does not gloss the paper and can b
: written on.
A PRETTY PINCUsHIoE.-This may
be made with small brick for thu
foundation and square bran cushion
on top. The brick should be covered
first with coarse muslin, to which tn,
: cushion must be firmly sewed- Colofet
: silk comes next, and over this q fin,
, sheer muslin which may be embroideret
4 with the initials of the receiver of tn
! Gift. A frill of the muslin over one o
) the silk should edge the brick, and
e bow of the color of the silk used ma,
; adorn one or each corner of the founda
ton.